Bolton voters OK moratorium on marijuana sites

BOLTON — Voters at a special town meeting Wednesday night approved a moratorium on siting medical marijuana centers or growing facilities in town, giving town boards time to craft changes in town bylaws for the spring town meeting.

The moratorium would prevent such facilities until June 30, 2014.

Speakers generally supported the effort, which would allow the town to "write a very effective — we hope — bylaw for the spring meeting," proponent David Lindsay said. He added that the delay "puts the horse back in front of the cart" in allowing the bylaw changes before any proposals can apply to build sites in town.

The approximately 130 voters added $200,188 to the town's assessment for the Nashoba Regional School District, reflecting an error in enrollment figures used to calculate the original assessment.

Voters also approved several other articles, including retroactive pay for police and dispatch contracts, assigning a conservation restriction for open space the town will get from a developer to the Bolton Conservation Trust and tweaking bylaws, completing work in time for voters to watch the Red Sox.